An investigation into the role of human capital competences and their pay-off

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 750-773+888

  Heijke, Hans ^a   Meng, Christoph ^a   Ramaekers, Ger ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competences; Human capital; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346390846     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310502113     Document Type: Article

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